The Lord said, “I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again from the depths of the sea,
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 22. Food. Tert. reads “drink;” which agrees better with gall. Yet it might be mixed with food, ( Calmet.) with wine and myrrh, which were given to our Saviour, when he arrived at Calvary, as vinegar was offered to him on the cross. Matthew 27:34. John 19:28. This was the last prophecy which regarded our Saviour, while living; and was the last instance of the Jewish malice, by which they requited him for the thirst which he had for the salvation of mankind. Greg. Naz. and so forth Bert.—Jeremias (8:14 and 23:15 and Lamentations 3:15) uses the same expressions, in a metaphorical sense, to describe the afflictions of the captives. Calmet.